Fishing reel



Jan. 20, 1925.

J. LAUTERBACH FISHING REEL Filed Oct. 6, 1921 MW W 4 1 I -1- I I i- 1 M WW J fl 3 a 1 m 1 i 4 M v. 6 F J I w W Z g k 1 5 TH. l |H a Z 6 11 @J g M Patented den. 20, 1925.

rsn STATES PATENT JoHN LaU'rEnBAoH, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANI ssIeNon T ocn N CITY MANUFACTURING 00., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A oonronArIoN or PmrNsvLvANIn.

FISHING REEL.

Application filed October 6, 1921. Serial No. 505,751.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, JOHN LAUTERBACH, a

citizen of Austria (having declared my intention of becoming a citizen of the United States), and a resident of "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Fishinglteels,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention comprises certain combina- W tions of mechanism, and relates more particularly to the clutching means designed 'to connect and to means for actuating said clutching means to disconnect the gear wheels and the reel-spool around which a it fish-line is wound. My invention also relates to the construction of the spool-casing or frame and the arrangement of the gearing an its shifting mechanism so as to 00-.

reel-spool and the gearing actuated b y the operating crank handle.

A further object of my invention is to provide simple means, operable exteriorly of one of the head plates for actuating the at clutch mechanism in one direction; suchclutch mechanism operating automatically in the opposite direction.

And a still further object of my invention is to provide a simple'torm of tension-' are applying means for the spindles or trunter may be held against endwise movement so as to run true in its bearings.

These and other features of my invenat tion are more fully described hereinafter,

reference bein had to the accompanying drawings, in w ich:

Figure 1, is a sectional elevation'ot a fishing reel embodying my invention, showing the clutch mechanism for the reel-spool in the inactive position.

Fig. 2, is a detached sectional view of a portion of the structure shown in Figure 1, with the clutch mechanism in the active poat sition.

riveted over at 17 a ainst a bearing ring nlons of the reel-spool in order that the lat-' 'wall externally of the same; the

Fig. 3, is a face view or elevation of the inner face of one of the head plates, showing a portion of the clutch mechanism and its operating parts, all of which are carried by said head plate independently of the balance of thereel structure, and

Fig. 4, is a detached view illustrating a portion of the mechanism carried by the other head plate of the reel structure for applying end pressure to the trunnions of the reel-spool in order that it may run true in its bearings.

The reel structure constituting the subject of my present invention may comprise a frame made up of a air of side walls or head plates .1 and 2. whlch may be in thread- .ed engagement with housings 3 and 4, be-

tween which the reel-spool 5 is located; such housing being connected together by cross bars 6, and by a cross member 7, which includes feet 8, whereby the reelmay be secured to the butt of a fishing rod.

The spool of the reel may comprise a central body or hub 10, with side flanges or lates 11; said central body or hub carrymg at its ends spindles or trunnions 12 and 13, upon which it may turn in suitable bearings provided in or' carried by the side walls or head plates of the reel structure.

In the side wall or head plate 1, 1 may mount a sleeve 15, havin an external flan e 16; the inner end of w ich sleeve, may e or plate 18, disposed in a recess 19, in sai side wall. Threaded into the inner end of this sleeve 15 is plug 20, bored to receive the trunnion 12, of the reel-spool, and serving as a bearing therefor.

Supported by the head plate or wall 2, is a plug or gudgeon 21, which may be carried by a plate 22, suitably/secured to said side inner end of which plug 21 is centrally bored at for the reception of the trunnion 13, of th reel-spool, and serving as a bearing the-re for. I

lln addition, the plate 22, may carr a bearing sleeve 25, which may be secure to said plate by providing a shoulder 26 at one side of said plate and riveting over a por- 1 tion of the sleeve at the o posite of said plate asindicated at 27 all this sleeve 25 receives the projecting hub 28, of a gear wheel 29. The hub of this gear wheel is secured to an externally disposed operating 10 pin- 33 may be held to the plate 35 pinion 40; being employed to hold crank handle 30, by means of a screw 31, which enters said hub; the end of the latter being preferably squared at 32 to fit a similarly shaped opening in the crank handle.

5 The gear wheel 29, is supported by a tapered pin 33, .upon which it may rotate;

such pin being carried by a plate 34, which may be secured to the inner face of the head plate 2, by 'sz-rews In order that said.

34, it is provided with a shoulder 36, interposed be tween the plate 34 and the gear wheel 29, such pin being secured in position with spect to said plate 34 by means of a suitable nut 37, engaging the reduced inner end 38 of said pm. As may be readily under-.

stood, such gear wheel is revoluble on the tapered pin 33, by turning the crank handle 30.

v The gear wheel 29, is adapted to mesh with a broad faced pinion 40, journaled on the plug or-gudgeon 21, receiving the trunnion 13, of the reel-s ool. slidable upon this pug, and it hasan extended hub 41, upon the end of which it carries a clutch member in the form of a discplate 42, which may be provided with one or a series of projections 43, adapted to engage a recess or a series of recesses 44, formed 1n the end of the hub or body 10, of the reel- 40 vided with a spring 48, whereby said plate may occupy the activeor operative position illustrated in Fig. 2.

Thisplat'e' 45, is provided with an angularly disposed projection 50, and arranged 4 to engage this projection is a movable cam member 51, mounted on a stud or shaft 52, which, is providedwvith an externally'disposed .rockable member 53, suitably secured to said stud or shaft; a spring arm 54, being the cam member inactive when disengaged from the angular projec tion of the clutch opera-ting plate The cam member is so arranged that such spring arm 54 will hold it against accidental movement when in the active or inactive positlons.

Upon moving the externally disposed 'rockable member 53, the cam member 51 will be brought into engagement with the I angular projection50 of the clutchoperab ing plate, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, and the clutch member 42 will be withdrawn, releasin its projections 43, from engagement with 510 recesses 44 in the end ofthe reelspool body, and the reel-spool is. then-free to that is, the clutch and the end of the reel-spool body 10 may The pinion 40, is.

of pins 46 and 47 the latter pinmove in either direction, and is ready for casting purposes. It will be understood, of course, that these parts may be reversed, plate 42 may be recessed,

be provided with )rojections to engage said recesses, without eparting from the spirit of my invention.

In order to insure that the drum will run true in its bearings and avoid endwise move-' ment, the sleeve. member 15, of the head plate or side Wall 1, may be provided with a cap pieL'e 55, carrying an internal screw stem 56, 'in threaded engagement with said sleeve, and in addition, this cap member carries a tension element in the form of an arched slotted plate 57; the slotting thereof forming spring fingers, so that when the cap piece 55 turned, it will be held in the desired adjusted positions. The inner end of the internally disposed screw stem 56 is adapted to rest directly adjacent or lightly engage the end of the trunnion 12, which end may be reduced as indicated, and hold the same steady and free from endwise movement; thereby maintainin the reelspool in a properly balanced position, whether running ofthe (rank handle 30.

Between the head plate or side wall 1, and one flange 11, of the reel-spool, the usual drag mechanism common to fishing reels is disposed, but as this forms no part of my present invention, it is not thought necessary to refer to same herein.

It will be noted that all of the clutch mechanism and the op'eratin means therefor are carried b one oft e head plates and that it may be removed intact by detaching said head late from the housing portion of the reeLFra-me to which it is connected. One of the cooperating clutchvelements is carried by sald plate while the other is formed at the end of the reel-spool body. Should any part get out of order, it is a simple matter to remove the head plate and rep ace-the desired part.

I claim:

1. The combination, in a fishing reel, of a pair of head plates, a reel-spool rotatabl mounted between said head plates, a cranii handle,igearing disposed between the crank handle and reel-spool whereby the latter may be turned by actuating said crank handle, a clutch member carried by a portion of said gearing for operative engagement with the reel-spool; said clutch member 'and its gear being slidably mounted on the axis of the reel spool, a plate having an angular projection operatively connected to said clutch member, a cam adapted for engagement with said angular projection to move said 'clutch member to and hold the same in inoperative position with respect to the reelspool, a rocking member carried by one of ill) free or under the control 1 raaaeea said gearing and adapted for operative engagement with the reel-spool, said clutch member being axially mounted wit-h respect to the reel spool, a plate having an angular projection connected to said clutch member, a cam adapted I for engagement with said angular projection to movesaid clutch member and normally hold the same inactive, means carried by one of the head plates for operating said cam member to release the clutch member, and means for effecting automatic engagement of said clutch member with the reel-spool.

3. The combination, in a fishing reel, of

-a'i'rame comprising a pair of housings, re-

movable head plates in engagement with said housings, plugs providing bearings carried by said head plates, a reel-spool, trunnions carried by said reel-spool adapted to said bearing plugs, means for holding the reel-spool against endwise movement, a

crank handle, a pair of gears operativtly disposed between the reel-spool and handle, a movable clutch member carried by one of said gears for operative engagement with the reel-spool; one of said members having a projection and the other member having a recess cooperating therewith, a plate having an angular projection operatively connected to said clutch member, a cam in engagement with said angular projection for holding said clutch member inactive, means tor automaticallyv moving the clutch member into operative position with respect to the reel-spool, and means externally disposed for operating said cam member.

4.' The combination, in a fishing reel, of a. frame comprising a pair of housings, removable head plates in engagement with said housings plugs providing bearings carried by said head plates, a reel-spool rotatably mounted in said frame, trunnions carried by said reel-spool adapted to said bearing plugs, a crank handle, a pair of gears operatively' disposed between the reel-spoo1 and handle, a clutch member carried by one of said gears for operative engagement with the reel-spool; said clutch member having a projection and the reel-spool having a recooperating therewith, a plate having an angular projection operatively connected to said clutch member, a cam in engagement with said angular projection for bold ing said clutch member inactive, a spring for moving the clutch member into operative position with respect to the reel-spool and means journaled in the head plate for operating said cam member.

In witness whereof I have signed this F specification.

JOHN LAUTERBACH. 

